A nine-year-old boy and 60-year-old woman died after being hit by fallen trees as Storm Malik brought heavy gusts to northern parts of the UK on Saturday.
Emergency services were called to an area close to Hollington Road in Winnothdale, Staffordshire at around 1pm on Saturday following reports that a tree had fallen on a boy and a man.
A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: “Sadly, despite the best efforts of medical staff, a nine-year-old boy passed away.
“The boy’s family are being supported by specially-trained officers. The man remains in hospital.
“A scene remains at the location, where people are asked to avoid the area. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.”
It came just hours after a 60-year-old woman was killed by a falling tree in Aberdeen.
Northern regions of Scotland were hit by winds of over 100mph on Saturday morning, bringing disruption to ravel and power supplies.
Weather warnings were in place across all of Scotland, northern England and parts of Northern Ireland for most of Saturday due to the high winds and rain.
There are currently 209 power outages across Scotland, most of which are in the north-east or north of the country, according to the Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks.
As of 7pm on Saturday, 25,000 households across the north and north-east of Scotland were without power, with SSEN saying attempts to reconnect them would be “likely to extend across multiple days” with customers being told to consider making “alternative arrangements”.
The Met Office have said that another blast of severe strong winds, now officially named Storm Corrie, is set to hit parts of the UK. An amber weather warning for wind will be in place across northern parts of Scotland from Sunday into Monday morning.
On Saturday morning, meteorologist for the broadcaster STV Sean Batty tweeted: “Had an extreme gust of 147mph recorded on the Cairngorm summit an hour ago.
“This is an incredible strength, but still a way off from the record of 173mph recorded back in 1986.”
The Met Office warned that “injuries and danger to life could occur” from “flying debris as well as from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties”.
SP Energy Networks, the company responsible for electricity transmission in central and southern Scotland, urged customers to keep a battery or wind-up torch to hand and keep mobile phones fully charged.
Paul Gunderson, chief meteorologist for the Met Office, said: “The impacts of Storm Malik are going to be greatest in Denmark on Sunday, but the track of the storm in the preceding hours means that the UK will be dealt a glancing blow as Malik moves eastwards on Saturday.
“For those in the north of the UK there will be high winds and rain on Saturday, with showers possibly turning wintry in the high ground in the north.
“The highest winds are expected in exposed coastal areas in the north and east of Scotland, but it will be a windy day for most.”
Another yellow warning for wind is in place for the northern UK from 6pm on Sunday until noon on Monday.
